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Jquery is how we write one form of JavaScript

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and have it execute perfectly on all browsers.

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This is helpful because browsers don't implement JavaScript the same way.

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Some have different rules.

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Some don't trust certain features that you make and,

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and they make you write different code for different browsers.

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Jquery bridges that gap,

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meaning you can write JavaScript for all browsers and it will always just work.

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You don't have to deal with different browser support whatsoever.

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Jquery is also considered a library.

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It's not a framework,

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meaning you're allowed to mix

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your normal JavaScript with it and nothing bad could happen.

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And there aren't strict ways to write your JavaScript with jQuery.

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Whereas with a framework such as view WAS OR react dot js,

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there are certain rules you want to follow and there's a lot of

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magic behind the scenes that you don't see.

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Which makes learning other frameworks like react a little bit harder.

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Starting in about 2019,

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reacted JS and vis.js became very popular.

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And people now say things like,

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Oh, don't bother learning jQuery,

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but it's literally used on millions and millions and millions of websites.

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So why wouldn't you learn a skill that's so clearly in demand?

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And the nice thing is you can learn jQuery in

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a single day learning react dot js or view dot js

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is going to take a long time because there's such big frameworks, they're powerful too.

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But if you just need a little assistance with your JavaScript or you simply

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want to write less code than jQuery is 100% for you.

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And truth really from a senior developers perspective,

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you don't need to learn jQuery or react or view.

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You can do it all with vanilla or plain JavaScript,

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but these tools help us do more with less code.

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Furthermore, and again, this is a truth bomb using react dot js or view dot

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js on about 95% of all websites complete overkill.

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You'll end up spending too much time writing react for

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a small feature that can be written with jQuery in a matter of minutes,

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sometimes a matter of seconds.

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That's why I choose to write vanilla JavaScript or jQuery on most of my website's.

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Unless there's a real need for something big and complex,

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then I tend to choose, react or view.

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So the reason that you should be learning jQuery is because simply market demand,

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hundreds of millions of websites are using it.

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You might as well learn what is in demand.